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PARIS (Reuters) - Paris has made the wearing of face masks outside mandatory again at public gatherings as the COVID-19...

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven...

By Alexander Winning and Alistair Smout JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) - Authorities around the world have reacted with alarm to a new...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -It is likely that the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529, which is spreading in South Africa,...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government on Friday said it will ban non-Hong Kong residents arriving from eight southern...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -A handful of local COVID-19 cases in eastern parts of China have prompted Shanghai city to limit tourism...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Friday that EU countries suspend travel links with countries in which the...

By Alistair Smout and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Chinese authorities said a meeting on Thursday moved them closer to partially reopening...

HANOI (Reuters) - An African swine fever outbreak is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had participated in trials of a nasal form of...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan has died, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has been revaccinated against COVID-19, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying on...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China had given 76.3% of its population complete COVID-19 vaccine doses by Nov. 19, Wu Liangyou, an...

PARIS (Reuters) -Authorities imposed a curfew on the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe on Friday following five days of civil...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health ministry on Friday said it would add booster shots to the COVID-19 pass for outbound...

By Hyonhee Shin GANGNEUNG/SAMCHEOK, South Korea (Reuters) - For years, the crystalline blue water and soft sand of South Korea's...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday reported 1,254 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, a record daily high that...

PARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred protesters gathered outside the Austrian Embassy in Paris on Thursday to demonstrate against Austria's new...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Domestic borders around New Zealand's largest city Auckland will reopen from Dec. 15 for fully vaccinated people and...